Porte

Porte

 (pôrt)

n.

The government of the Ottoman Empire.

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[French, short for la Sublime Porte, the High Gate (the main gate of the palace complex of the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul), the Porte : sublime, sublime + porte, gate (from Old French; see port³) (translation of Ottoman Turkish Bāb-ı 'ālī : Arabic bāb, gate + Persian -i, suffix connecting a noun to its qualifier + Arabic 'ālī, high).]

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Porte

(pɔːt)

n

(Historical Terms) Also called: Sublime Porte the court or government of the Ottoman Empire

[C17: shortened from French Sublime Porte High Gate, rendering the Turkish title Babi Ali, the imperial gate, which was regarded as the seat of government]

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Noun

1.

Porte - the Ottoman court in Constantinople Sublime Porte royal court, court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

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